Position in chronology
JMEOS 12, 35 3465
Translation — curated editorial
EditorialEditorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112287.
Transliteration
5(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 dabin u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam 1(disz) szara2-kam ki lu2-[x]-ta# kiszib3 ensi2-ka iti sig4-i3-szub-gar# mu us2-sa# szu#-suen lugal szu-suen lugal kal-ga lugal uri5-ma lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba a-a-kal-la ensi2 umma ARAD2-zu
Scholarly note
Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JMEOS 12, 35 3465. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Šu-Suen y2 — Year after: Šu-Suen became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration.
Attribution
Image: Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (P112287) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P112287..
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